Section 123560 Of Article 4. Perinatal Health Care From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 106. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
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. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this section govern the construction of this article:
(a) "Perinatal health system" means all of the prenatal care,
delivery care, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care services
available to a region identified by the department pursuant to this
article.
(b) "Regionalized perinatal health system" means coordinated
measures intended to ensure that a perinatal health system provides
at least minimum services necessary to meet the maternal and infant
health needs of the region and intended to ensure that it does so as
efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
(c) "High-risk pregnant woman" means a woman considered highly
likely for any reason to suffer personal mortality or morbidity from
her pregnancy, or to deliver a defective, disabled, high-risk, or
stillborn infant.
(d) "High-risk infant" means a newborn considered highly likely
for any reason to suffer personal mortality or morbidity or to suffer
long-lasting defect or disability.
(e) "High-risk geographic area" means a region in this state in
which the proportion of high-risk pregnant women or high-risk infants
exceeds the average for the population of California as a whole.
(f) "High-risk population" means a demographic group in which the
proportion of high-risk women or high-risk infants exceeds the
average for the population of California as a whole.